Wire-cutter.



W; PETE-RS. I

WIRE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1910.

Patented June 21 ran S'JJTE WIRE-CUTTER.

Application filed January 12, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Pn'rnns, a subject of the King of England,residing at Congress, in the county of Yavapaiand Territory of Arizona,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVire-Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire cutters and is designed particularly tocombine within one implement a device for cutting galvanized wire ropeand tempered steel wire. It also contemplates the provision of anattachment for said cutter which will prevent the tempered steel wirefrom bending when the same is cut, and which will make a straight smoothcut, eliminating the flattened extremity which has heretofore alwaysbeen experienced in wire cutters of this type and character.

A still further object of this invention is to construct a cutter forgalvanized wire rope which, when it operates upon the latter, will notdisengage the various strands of which the rope is constructed.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thecombination, construction, and arrangement of parts all as hereinaftermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wire cutter constructed in accordancewith the present invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through thecutters adapted for cutting tempered steel wire. Fig. 3 is a similarsection through the cutters adapted for use on galvanized wire rope.Fig. 4 is an inside plan view of one of the cutting elements; Fig. 5 isan inside plan view of the cooperating cutter adapted to reciprocate ina slot formed in the opposite cutter.

Reference being had to the drawings, the present invention comprises thehandle portions 1 and 2, the lower handle portion 2 having an angularbend 3 at its forward terminal to which is pivoted the opposite handleportion 1 by the downwardly extending ears 4. A link 5 is pivoted to thearm 1 by the ears 6 spanning the same and secured thereto by the pin 7.This link 5 is connected to the terminal of the angular bend 3 of thearm 2 by the straps 8 disposed on either side of the handles 1 and 2 andsecured to each by the bolts 9.

A dog 10 comprising a hook pivotally suspended from the bolt 9 isapproximately rec- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 537,665.

tangular externally at its lower end, the inner curve of the hook beingcomplemental of the semi-circular opening 21, said hook being providedwith a finger piece 12, and provides a means whereby tempered steel wiremay be prevented from being bent when operated upon by the cutters.

At the extremities of the link 5 and the arm 2 are the dove-tailchannels 13 in which are received the shanks 14 of the cutters. Thisconstruction makes it possible to remove the cutters whenever it isdesired and sharpen or replace the same.

The cutter retained in the channel 13 of the link 5 comprises the shank14 having a pair of downwardly extending cutter arms 15 and 16 separatedby the channel 20, the arm 16 being of full width while the arm 15 isone-half the width thereof. The arm 16 has formed therein adjacent tothe chan nel of the link a pair of registering openings 17 and 18. Theopening 17 slopes toward the shank 14 on the exterior of the cutter andis approximately semi-circular conforming with the formation of theopening 18. Directly to the rear of the openings 17 and 18, and on thesingle portion of the arm 16 is a semi-circular opening 21.

The cutter blade operating in the handle portion 2 is provided with anangular arm 19 which is adapted to reciprocate in the channel 20 betweenthe arms 15 and 16 of the former cutter blade. This arm is providedadjacent to the openings 17 and 18 with the cut-ting edge 22, saidcutting edge being so constructed that upon the reciprocation within thechannel 20 it forms a con-- tinuation of the sloping surface of theopening 17. The portion 23 of the arm 19 adjacent to the semi-circularopening 21 is approximately rectangular and is adapted to form incombination with the semi-circular opening a pair of square cuttingedges.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the forward cutters oropenings 17 and 18 in combination with the cutting edge 22 forms a meansof severing galvanized wire rope without in any way disengaging theindividual strands thereof.

The semi-circular opening 21 cooperating with the rectangular cuttingsurface forms a means whereby tempered steel wire may be cut. Theprovision of the dog 10 provides a means whereby the wire may besupported and as a result prevents the same from being bent and damaged,thus improving the cut and making the same approximately square withrespect to the longitudinal axis of the wlre.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed. as new is:

1. In-a device of the class described, the

combination with two pivotally connected handle sections, a link pivotedto one of said handle sections and connected to the other by a pluralityof oppositely disposed straps, a cutter'carried by said link, a cutter00- operating therewith, carried by the handle section pivotallyconnected to the link, said cutters being adapted to sever bothgalvanized wire rope and tempered steel wire, and means whereby saidtempered steel wire may be prevented from being bent, comprising asupportingdog pivoted to the link adjacent to said tempered steel wirecutter.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with twopivotally connected handle sections, a linkpivoted to one of said"handle sections and connected to the other by a-plurality of oppositelydisposed straps, a U-formed cutter carried by said link havingcoinciding semi-circular openings therein and a single semi-circularopening, a

single-cutter carried on the arm pivotally formed therein adapted tosupport tempered StGGI'WiIG when the same is being cut and prevent itfrom being bent.

In-testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

WILLIAM PETERSv lVitnesses:

C. O. CARBAUGH,

L, W. MARTIN.

